<p>Sure Txreb.
SAT 600 CR, 580 M, 680 writing
Lots of ECs including Habitat for Humanity, NHS, Handbell Choir, etc.
Lots of community service including mission work
good essay on hatred of women in hip hop lyrics</p>
<p>What major did she apply to?
And which FBISD school is it? Because if it is one of the poorer ones, it helps your application (even if you aren't poor yourself).</p>
<p>thanks for the reply....im also top 12%...630CR, 680M, 580W with lots of community service waiting for an admissions decision....i guess this makes me feel a bit of hope (especially since some people have said that texas doesnt care much about writing SAT)</p>
<p>Rejected. (from GA.)</p>
<h1>1 best public school in ATL.</h1>
<p>650 M, 680 CR 700 W
3.9 GPA.
19 percentile.
Killer ECs, good essays, great recs. </p>
<p>Kind of a shame... hope you other non top 10s get in. there are a helluva lot of qualified non top 10% that should get in.</p>
<p>Shub -
You will do very well where-ever you end up. UT's loss that they did not admit you!</p>
<p>I was accepted under the summer freshman program this year (2008). I am only in the 22-23% class rank percentile. However, I had strong EC's and a 1410 math and reading SAT combined.</p>
<p>AC you are in-state, right?</p>
<p>That's a great accomplishment. You will have a lot of fun this summer and get a leg up on adjusting to college life and earning credit.</p>
<p>I'm really jealous.</p>
<p>if i haven't heard from them by now,,, is it likely that i am rejected?
they said that my application is still in review..
btw i applied to business as first choice, engineering second.
i am OOS(CA)</p>
<p>No they would have sent you a rejection letter if you have been rejected.</p>
<p>You applied to very difficult majors, though, so expect the worst.</p>
<p>They still have several applications (thousands I believe) to consider, but you are supposed to hear by the end of the week.
If you don't hear by the first I would contact admissions.</p>
<p>But your status check will tell you, don't expect an email or anything.</p>
<p>yup, in-state :) I went to Kinkaid (private school in Houston) freshman year, and I tried to explain in a special circumstances essay about the grades at Kinkaid and how they transferred to my disadvantage at my current public school. I don't know if it helped. I think my strongest advantages were my EC's and SAT(All-State Pianist, founder of our school's club lacrosse team, and other smaller things). I think my SAT was above average too (1410).</p>
<p>got rejected, thought i would get in tho.... anyways i guess they are stricter to OOS(i am from CA)
spent $60 application fee and $50 housing fee(to reserve housing or something like that) bye bye my $110</p>
<p>I believe if you contact housing by May 1 you can get the $50 back as you aren't attending UT.</p>
<p>They are strict on everyone who isn't in the top ten percent of a Texas high school. I think many people, particularly strong OOS kids, think of UT as a match or safety when it is really a reach for anyone who isn't guaranteed admission.</p>
<p>You can get the $50 housing deposit back. Because you weren't accepted. If you are accepted and decide not to go, I think they keep the $50.</p>
<p>I also got rejected from in state and it would be killing me if I wasn't just accepted by the University of Chicago. How do we get our housing deposit back?</p>
<p>I think the cuts were hard this year. At our hs, which had 40 something kids accepted last year, very few got in (outside of top 10%). Kids that were 14% (3 b's) got rejected. Oh well, it seems to swing from year to year, so perhaps next year there will be an upswing. My sophomore (hs) son is working hard to stay in the top 10%, that's the only guarantee at this point.</p>
<p>Actually it gets harder every year.</p>
<p>The number of grads grows as the number of kids of baby boomers grows, so the number of top ten kids grows. But UT hasn't expanded the freshman class at all (it's smaller than 5 years ago, actually). So the percentage for non-top ten kids gets smaller and smaller.</p>
<p>However, this year is supposed to be the largest number of seniors graduating for a long time, so it may be easier next year.</p>
<p>The "mini-baby boom" is supposed to peak in 2009, so it's supposed to get worse for one more year before it starts to get better.</p>
<p>The question is, why are so many top 10% ppl electing to go to UT, instead of looking at other choices out of state? Also, I heard the 10% system works really really well for Texas A&M in increasing the diversity of the entering class . So it's really strange how UT is so packed</p>
<p>State universities are hugely popular because it's so much cheaper than going out-of-state to other state universities (OOS tuition is expensive) or even private universities (generally more expensive than OOS state universities).</p>
<p>UT is the best state university in Texas, that's why every Texas senior is clamoring to get in. UT is nationally recognized as one of the best state universities too; so I really don't see how you find it strange how the majority of Texas seniors elect to go to UT and pay a very cheap state tuition to get a great education. </p>
<p>UT is also more well known than TAMU.</p>
<p>Plus, Austin is one of the best cities to be a college student - Live Music Capitol of the World, great restaurants, bars and parties, fantastic location in the Hill Country, with hiking, biking, kayaking, etc. within close proximity, wonderful climate, with temperatures rarely too cold or miserably hot, and 40,000 people your age running around - What's not to love?</p>
<p>(the traffic is bad though - that's a minus)</p>